Amazon SQS Reviews

Name: Amazon SQS
Brand: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Rating: 4.3 (29 reviews)

4.3 out of 5

29 reviews
93% willing to recommend

What is Amazon SQS?

Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a fully managed message queuing service that enables you to decouple and scale microservices, distributed systems, and serverless applications. SQS eliminates the complexity and overhead associated with managing and operating message oriented middleware, and empowers developers to focus on differentiating work. Using SQS, you can send, store, and receive messages between software components at any volume, without losing messages or requiring other services to be available. Get started with SQS in minutes using the AWS console, Command Line Interface or SDK of your choice, and three simple commands.

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Amazon SQS is the #3 ranked solution in top Message Queue Software. PeerSpot users give Amazon SQS an average rating of 8.6 out of 10. Amazon SQS is most commonly compared to MuleSoft Anypoint Platform: Amazon SQS vs MuleSoft Anypoint Platform. Amazon SQS is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 64% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 18% of all views.

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Featured reviews

Ariel Tarayants

A feature I would like to see in Amazon SQS is the ability to view the content of messages without removing them from the queue. Enhanced filtering on the messages would be beneficial, as currently one has to pull all messages out, filter the right one by code, and then re-insert the remaining messages. This solution is not effective with the FIFO queue.

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Hari Prakash Pokala

Senior Java Engineer at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

I am using multiple services such as AWS Lambda, S3, EC2, ECS, and the SNS SQS services, along with QuickSight reports and some of the VPC concepts. We have an email notification system integrated with Spring Branch. Once a batch job completes, SNS and SQS trigger events, sending notification…

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Stepan Raichl

AWS Competency Lead at trask

There is room for improvement in the pricing, especially for the FIFO model. Although it's a great feature, I feel it is expensive for entry to mid-volumes. A better pricing policy with scaled pricing for higher volumes would be beneficial, as it would ease adoption for developers with light workloads. Additionally, SQS could enhance compatibility with enterprise software by integrating built-in connectors, similar to those available for Apache Kafka.

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Amazon SQS mindshare

As of February 2025, the mindshare of Amazon SQS in the Message Queue (MQ) Software category stands at 9.1%, down from 12.0% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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PeerAnalyst reports

Type	Title	Date
Category	Message Queue (MQ) Software	Feb 20, 2025	Download
Product	Reviews, tips, and advice from real users	Feb 20, 2025	Download
Comparison	Amazon SQS vs IBM MQ	Feb 20, 2025	Download
Comparison	Amazon SQS vs ActiveMQ	Feb 20, 2025	Download
Comparison	Amazon SQS vs MuleSoft Anypoint Platform	Feb 20, 2025	Download

Title	Rating	Mindshare	Recommending
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform	4.0	11.0%	91%	57 interviews Add to research
IBM MQ	4.2	23.6%	94%	163 interviews Add to research

Valuable Features

"The most valuable feature is the ability to decouple components."
"The scale it manages is quite impressive."
"The most valuable features of the solution are AWS Lambda services, ECS, and QuickSight reports, which are beneficial for data analysis."

Room for Improvement

"The cost became an issue, leading us to consider other solutions."
"A primary area of improvement for Amazon SQS is the message size limitation, which is currently restricted to 256 kilobytes per message."
"There is room for improvement by making use of Kafka services to create more flexible data streams."

ROI

Amazon SQS is worthwhile, balancing cost against returns that vary by use case. In the cloud, it might initially seem pricey, but optimal configuration aligns with specific needs. It enhances programming reliability, saving headaches and maintaining system integrity. Its role in processing client requests improves performance and satisfaction. It adeptly manages user spikes and preserves message integrity using DLQs and SNS fan-out, ensuring workflow continuity even when failures occur.

Pricing

Enterprise users find Amazon SQS pricing competitive and cost-effective, with benefits including a generous free tier allowing one million free requests per month. Users appreciate its pay-as-you-use model, leading to economical charges under typical usage conditions. Despite some noting potential high costs at massive scale and in comparison to rivals, SQS remains attractive due to its flexibility and affordability for standard queue usage. Configuration and message volume greatly influence overall costs.

"Amazon SQS offers a generous free tier, beyond which it remains very cost-effective. The cost per million messages is less than a dollar, making it an economical choice."
"Compared to the other options and based on what I have heard, Amazon SQS is relatively more expensive, but it is not insanely expensive."
"Compared to EC2 and other services, Amazon SQS' pricing is cheaper."

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Learn more about Amazon SQS

SQS offers two types of message queues. Standard queues offer maximum throughput, best-effort ordering, and at-least-once delivery. SQS FIFO queues are designed to guarantee that messages are processed exactly once, in the exact order that they are sent.